X-Ray Paintings

X-ray Paintings is a project that brings to light artworks discovered beneath existing paintings through radiographic imaging. It interrogates notions of authorship and originality and opens a dialogue between what is concealed within underlying layers and what remains visible on the surface—between what was presumed forgotten and what endures.

Multiple versions of the same painting are produced, each matching the original’s dimensions, alongside commissioned reproductions of its ‘current’ frame.

The Bleaching Ground (after Max Liebermann) - Version 1
UV screen-print and oil paint on wood and commissioned frame
175 x 130 cm
2015
© Raul Ortega Ayala, All Rights Reserved

The Bleaching Ground (after Max Liebermann) - Version 2
UV screen-print and oil paint on wood and commissioned frame
175 x 130 cm
2015
© Raul Ortega Ayala, All Rights Reserved

Exhibition view at Salón Acme
Photo: Proyectos Monclova